I stand corrected. I wonder if thats true in other areas/and or on
steamboats say on the Sacramento River or if the usage is particular to
Mississip boatmen?
SeagoingDeano
-----Original Message-----
From: Phil Ethier [mailto:pethier@isd.net]
Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 2:43 PM
To: Mark Hooper; Paige, Dean; 'triumphs@autox.team.net'
Subject: RE: LBC history
>To cite Captain Pissgums---"Bite my crank Mate!!" CEILING BEAM? CEILING
>BEAM?!!!! Arrrrrgh Matey Wakeman...AVAST!! Goin to haf to keelhaul you!
Just
>fortunate you aren't made to walk the plank. Ain't no bloody ceilings in a
>boat!!!
Maybe not on a ship. But there sure are on a steamboat. Mississippi river
boatmen tended to eschew nautical terms. Mississippi riverboats had
floors,
walls, ceilings and stairways, not decks, overheads, bulkheads and ladders.
Phil Ethier
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